Joshua Sariñana presented his research project—Utilizing Large Language Models and Art to Represent Cognitive Networks—at the Harvard Psychiatry Research Day, exploring how spatial cognition influences identity across physical, social, and digital environments. Using large language models (LLMs) to analyze qualitative interviews, he examined how individuals navigate interconnected spaces, shaping their sense of belonging and adaptation.

Joshua Sariñana’s latest research, Neural Synchrony of Minds and Machines: Hippocampal Mechanisms to Advance AI and Virtual Networks, has been published in Leonardo, the leading peer-reviewed journal on the intersection of science, technology, and the arts. Read the Paper »

Photography, Memory, and the Future explores how photography serves as a bridge between memory and imagination, grounding the past while shaping our understanding of the future. It highlights the inaccuracies of human memory and the role of photographs as stable placeholders for recalling personal and collective histories. Discussing the brain's visual and memory systems, the lecture delves into the hippocampus's integration of space and time for episodic memory, emphasizing that individuals with memory deficits cannot imagine future scenarios without visual aids. Through examples from iconic photographs to neuroscientific insights, the lecture underscores the emotional, societal, and personal significance of photography in memory formation and its transformative potential for envisioning the future.